Monday, June 1
R.I.P Chip
This morning at 9:58 Chip cheeped his last. Early this morning he was hopping and chirping and ready to have a hearty meal. After an hour or so, he started flopping around as if he couldn’t find his balance. No more chirping. After a couple of hours of struggling, he breathed his last. He will be buried in his little nest. Sad times. First bird loss I’ve had, and it’s a mystery.
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Bummer. We were getting very attached to the little guy.
After a day of thinking about what went wrong, I came up with the possibility that he got too cold last night. I had a very thick fluffy blanket on his cage, but a blanket doesn’t provide warmth; it just holds in warmth that comes from whatever it’s on. A tiny bird can’t generate enough heat to warm his very large cage. Stupid of me now that I think of it. Last night was colder than normal and even I pulled on a comforter to chase the chill.
I was stunned to read about the demise of little Chip. That is truly sad :(
How could the cold make Chip lose his balance and become ill like that? It seems ot me he would have died of the cold in the night if that was the problem? I'm not sure you need to blame yourself on this one.....
Ana tells me that birds are notorious for showing no sign of illness until the very end.
Her friend Doris is the local savior of every injured bird, orphaned chick and unwanted pet bird in the area. The last I heard she had about 60 birds of all types, including hummingbirds, as permanent wards. Years ago she had an emu which came to a tragic end after major surgery on an injured leg.
I think Doris is the source of the observation that sick birds hide illnesses until the end.
I miss Chip a lot, however brief his moment of world-wide fame.
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